Matthias Klumpp announced the availability of the first and only release candidate for Tanglu 1.0, the inaugural release of the project's desktop Linux distribution with a choice of GNOME or KDE desktops, based on Debian's "Testing" branch: "We are proud to announce the first RC of Tanglu 1 (Aequorea Victoria) today. All packages on Tanglu are installable now, and we ship 99.14% of the packages Debian provides in 'Jessie' right now. The RC release brings some bug fixes in systemd and NetworkManager, as well as some fixes in Evolution for the GNOME flavour. We also updated GRUB to a more recent version and updated the default package selection. Most notably, AppArmor was removed, because we can not offer a proper default configuration in time, and this feature requires some more work to work properly. Also, the RC contains some minor updates in our live installer. Please test the RC and give feedback, so we will have a release with fewer bugs next week." Here is the brief release announcement. Download links (SHA256): tanglu-1.0-RC-gnome-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (982MB), tanglu-1.0-RC-kde-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,074MB).

Tanglu is a Debian-based Linux distribution which aims to provide the best desktop experience for regular users and enthusiasts. Compared to Debian GNU/Linux, Tanglu plans to offer a number of user-friendly, desktop-oriented features such as availability of newer software, inclusion of extra firmware by default, and a regular, time-based release cycle.

Matthias Klumpp announced the release of Tanglu 2.0, a desktop Linux distribution with a choice of KDE or GNOME, based on Debian's "Testing" branch: "We are glad to announce the availability of the second release of Tanglu, code name 'Bartholomea'. This release contains a large amount of updated packages, and ships with the latest release of KDE 4 and GNOME. Tanglu 2 ships with two options to install it: Debian Installer (d-i) and our own live-installer. We recommend to use Debian Installer ('Install Tanglu' option on the live CD boot menu), because a lot of testing went into it and it does a much better job compared to the live installer, which will be replaced with Tanglu 3. The KDE flavor of Tanglu received bug-fix updates for the Plasma workspaces and contains new versions of the KDE applications." See the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download (SHA256, pkglist): tanglu-2.0-kde-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,367MB), tanglu-2.0-gnome-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,284MB).

Matthias Klumpp announced the availability of the first release candidate for Tanglu 2.0, the latest development build of the project's a Debian-based desktop distribution that comes in separate GNOME and KDE editions: "Today we are proud to announce the release of the Tanglu 2 (Bartholomea annulata) release candidate 1. Compared to the previous beta release, RC1 contains various bug fixes, most notably for bug #68 (no network-manager in GNOME flavour), #84 (fsck failure on first boot after installation with live-installer) and #99 (race between plymouth-quit and GDM). We also updated a few more packages to work better with systemd and fixed a Plymouth crash, as well as the Plymouth boot screen not being shown in case proprietary drivers are used. Also, all packages in Tanglu 2 are now installable and all remaining RC bugs are fixed." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): tanglu-1.91-RC1-gnome-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,281MB), tanglu-1.91-RC1-kde-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,364MB).

Matthias Klumpp announced the availability of the second beta release of Tanglu 2.0, a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution with a choice of GNOME 3.14 or KDE 4.14 desktops: "We are excited to announce the release of the second beta of Tanglu 2 (Bartholomea annulata) today. The new release brings tons of improvements, most notably GNOME 3.14 with fixed GDM autologin and a fully usable Debian installer. This means Tanglu can now be installed using the Debian installer as well, which supports a lot more features compared to our existing live installer (which is still available to install Tanglu 2). We also include the latest bug-fix release of KDE 4.14 and updated KDE applications, which now match the packages currently in Debian unstable/testing. SDDM remains the default session manager for KDE. For the base system, systemd was upgraded, along with a couple of other components." Read the complete release announcement which includes screenshots. Download (SHA256, pkglist): tanglu-1.90-Beta2-gnome-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,093MB), tanglu-1.90-Beta2-kde-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,175MB).

Matthias Klumpp announced the availability of the first alpha build of Tanglu 2.0, a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution with a choice of GNOME 3.12 or KDE 4.13 desktops: "We are proud to announce the release of alpha 1 of Tanglu 2 today. The release mainly brings updated software and loads of fixes regarding systemd services. There also has been a lot of work on the Debian installer to make it work for Tanglu and initial work exploring a port of Ubiquity (the Ubuntu installer) to Tanglu has started - although this project is only an experiment so far. There have also been improvements to KDM (systemd integration), but we expect the final release of Tanglu to ship with SDDM instead of KDM. The whole Tanglu distribution is now built on debile and there have been several other infrastructure improvements alongside that large change." The release announcement. Download links (SHA256, pkglist): tanglu-1.80-Alpha1-gnome-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (960MB), tanglu-1.80-Alpha1-kde-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,058MB).

Matthias Klumpp announced the release of Tanglu 1.0. Tanglu is a new Linux distribution, based on Debian's "Testing" branch, which attempts to bring a modern and cutting-edge operating system to the desktop: "We are happy to announce the release of Tanglu 1.0 (Aequorea Victoria) today. It has been an exciting development period where lots of new infrastructure was built and set up, new concepts and ideas have been discussed and implemented, new designs were created, texts were translated and blog posts were written. Lots of work went into making the Tanglu archive rebuildable. During this period, a small but very talented team has been formed. We found issues which affected Debian as well and these were reported, fixed or pending and we generally worked well together with Debian. Exploring systemd in Tanglu already yielded some hints which will help Debian with its own transition." See the release announcement and read the detailed release notes for more information, known issues and instructions for upgrading from Debian. Download (SHA256): tanglu-1.0-gnome-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (928MB), tanglu-1.0-kde-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,018MB).

Tanglu is a new Linux distribution. Based on Debian, Tanglu is optimised for desktop deployment, with up-to-date software, extra drivers and regular releases. Today Matthias Klumpp announced the availability of the second beta build of Tanglu 1.2, code name "Aequorea": "Since yesterday, we have an (installable) beta 2 release of Tanglu. Compared to the previous snapshot, it comes with a huge amount of improvements and bug fixes: the systemd journal is now used for logging exclusively, you can install rsyslog to get the old behaviour back and switch the journal to non-persistent mode; KDE received a new theme for KDM and KSplash; Tanglu does no longer include an MTA by default; we ship with a functional live installer now, you can install Tanglu easily to try it out; GNOME is now working, the Shell and various other GNOME parts were updated to GNOME 3.10; we now ship the 1.14 version of X.Org Server...." Read the release announcement for more details and known issues. Download (SHA256): tanglu-gnome-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (925MB), tanglu-kde-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,059MB).